Chapter 1. No one will accept the commission
"Come to Bucandirea, that is where your destiny begins. "The person who spoke was blurry and couldn't see the appearance clearly, but the voice was an old man.
"Who are you? Who the hell are you? Why do you want me to go to Bucandirea?" Benjamin roared angrily, "Bang Bang", "Oops, it hurts me!" Benjamin covered his aching buttocks, only to realize that he had the same dream again, and fell out of bed.
"What the hell is going on? I've been dreaming like this for the past few days, I remember that voice, this old guy should never appear in front of me, or I'll make his ass bloom, hiss~" Benjamin grumbled as he rubbed his ass.
At this time, there was a gurgling sound in his stomach, Benjamin drooped his face, and said to himself depressedly: "I haven't found a suitable errand for almost ten days, and if I continue like this, I will really go to be a thief." Alas, let's go to the professional guild again. With that, he picked up the torn cloak on the back of his chair and the oil-stained badge on the table, and walked out of the house.
It's winter, and the streets of Sukambu, the northernmost border town in Pamela Mesjar, are deserted, and merchants don't come here to do business at this time of year because of the difficulty of the snowy roads, and only a few merchants who are willing to take the risk to come here and wait to buy monster skins, bones, and crystals will appear here during this season. And at this time, Sukambu has the most professional people, and there are also professional squads, because this season there will be a lot of low-level demonic beasts in the big snowy mountains east of Sukambu, and sometimes if you are lucky, you will encounter intermediate demonic beasts of level five or six. The first- and second-level demonic beasts are worthless, and there are no magic crystals, basically no one pays attention to them, and the third-level demonic beasts begin to grow magic crystals, but the size is too small and there are too many impurities, generally only worth about ten silver coins, which is not as valuable as the fur and bones. And the fourth-level magic crystal of the demonic beast is almost worth five gold coins, it is the favorite of ordinary magicians and alchemists, and the fifth-level magic crystal is even more valuable, compared to the fourth-level one, it can be almost twenty times more, about a hundred gold coins, but a fifth-level demonic beast is not so easy to deal with, and it is generally a reasonable team to deal with. The so-called reasonable combination generally refers to five or six people, among whom there must be a magician and a priest, and the other is made up of warriors, archers, and thieves.
Benjamin pushed open the door of the professional guild, a warm current instantly washed away a lot of cold, at this time the professional guild was crowded, groups of three or five were discussing something, seeing Benjamin come in, many familiar people were "warmly" greeting:
"Hahaha, let's see who is coming, our most powerful Benjamin Direano, everyone cheer for his arrival!"
Benjamin is used to this, but since he came back from hunting three years ago, he inexplicably had a serious illness, and after he recovered from his illness, he passed the assessment of the junior assassins, swordsmen and archers guild, everyone began to reject himself and mock himself, but he knew that he could even complete the assessment of a junior magician. Anger has gradually turned into ignorance, and since then, no one is willing to team up with him to take on tasks, and gradually he has become accustomed to being alone. At this moment, Benjamin ignored the ridicule and ridicule of the crowd, and went straight to the task release bar to check what he could accomplish.
"One, acquire the fourth-level or above magic crystals and demonic beast bodies. ”
"Two, XX who sent a letter to the Night Elf Forest. Honorarium: 50 silver coins. ”
...... Benjamin was a little helpless when it was almost all such tasks of acquiring, delivering letters, and escorting caravans, but the feeling of hunger forced him to pick up his spirits and continue reading.
"Huh?" Benjamin looked at a quest on the quest posting bar: "Send the goods to Princess Sophia's Mansion in Bucandirea within three months, reward: 1,000 Imperial Gold; After seeing the punishment for defeat in the back, Benjamin couldn't help but take a breath, "No wonder no one is willing to accept such a high amount." ”
In fact, otherwise, although the reward is very high, the risk is also very large, not to mention whether three months is enough, just because of the long distance, the thief group is enough to give people a headache, not to mention such a heavy failure punishment, there is this time to capture more demonic beasts here, if you are lucky, a fifth-level demonic beast is far more valuable than a hundred gold coins, and the risk will be relatively small.
After reading all the published tasks, Benjamin decided to take this task, one is because he really has no money, and if he continues like this, he will probably starve to death unless he goes to be a thief, and the second is because of his frequent dreams, let himself go to Bucandirea, the big deal is that if he fails to serve, at least he doesn't have to go hungry and can get a military salary, and if he is lucky, after returning in two years, he can have the capital to start a small business. Thinking of this, Benjamin no longer hesitated, walked up to the clerk, handed over his oil-stained professional badge, and explained the task number he was going to take, the clerk glanced at Benjamin in disgust, took out a tweezer out of nowhere, picked up Benjamin's badge in disgust, and began to engrave the record. After a while, the clerk said angrily: "Okay, your luck is good, this mission does not require a deposit, and you will pay 20% of the honorarium in advance as the travel expenses, here are your two purple gold coins (one purple gold coin = one hundred imperial gold coins) and the goods to be sent." ”
After the clerk finished speaking, the people around him were in an uproar, because they didn't expect that this task did not require a deposit and could pay the travel expenses in advance, and at this time they all said jealously: "Sure enough, it is worthy of the powerful Benjamin Direano, who dares to take this task." ”
"Hahaha, it seems that our powerful Lord Benjamin wants to go to the front line and gallop the frontier. ”
“......”
Benjamin didn't have time to think about it, picked up the gold coins and the sealed goods and walked out, but his heart was very excited, "Two purple gold coins, that is, two hundred imperial gold coins, all the tasks I have completed in the past three years add up to less than one purple gold coin, I didn't expect to get two purple gold coins before this task started......
"Wait, please wait a minute!" was just as Benjamin was about to push open the door of the professional guild and walk out, a hoarse voice came from behind him.
"You didn't call me, did you?" thought Benjamin, but he paused, and was about to turn to look when a hand came out from behind him to stop him.
"This gentleman. "A man dressed as a swordsman walked up to Benjamin, with short brown hair, slightly blackened cheeks that were well maintained, the beard on his jaw was neatly trimmed, and he looked like he was about thirty years old, and a sword inlaid with sapphires hung on the left side of his body, it was very likely that he would be a knight, and the knight would be at least the lowest viscount, even if it was the lowest viscount, it was not something that Benjamin could provoke, or a swordsman supported by the duke's family of the marquis's family, ordinary swordsmen would not use such a good sword, nor would they be so polite, and the swordsman in front of him felt restrained, subtle, polite, not as smooth as an ordinary professional seems.
"You, do you have something to do with me?" asked Benjamin very carefully, knowing that if such a person upset him, killing him was just a gesture, and the laws of the principality would not help the poor.
"Sir, do you have time? Can you go and have a drink with me and sit down and talk? Because I saw the task you just received, and what I want to talk about is related to this. The middle-aged swordsman politely invited Benjamin, but when Benjamin raised his head, the middle-aged swordsman was slightly stunned when he saw his own eyes, and looked very surprised, although it was only a fleeting momentary change, but Benjamin was still sensitive to it.
"Oh?" Benjamin hesitated, looking at the swordsman, pondering his purpose for inviting him.
"You don't have to be so careful," the middle-aged swordsman seemed to see Benjamin's hesitation, and stretched out a palm-sized silver medal, the badge on it surprised Benjamin, "My name is Spinson, and I am the leader of the third squad of the court swordsman regiment, and this is my nameplate." ”
Benjamin knows this nameplate, and when he has been a professional for a few years, he is still a little knowledgeable, not to mention that even if he doesn't know it, he can think very clearly at this moment, what kind of plan can such a person in front of him have for himself, he will feel ridiculous when he thinks about it, he is still so cautious, and when he sees this nameplate, he is even more calm in his heart, and he still said carefully: "Lord Spinson, my name is Benjamin, Benjamin? Di Realo, I have time, you invite first, I will follow you." ”
Seeing this, Spinson smiled slightly, and without further ado, he took the lead towards the only bar in the town.
The two entered the bar back and forth, and Spinson ordered a fine purple wine and a few snacks, and after the waiter had served all the food in place, Spinson casually threw a gold coin to the waiter, and then began to talk to Benjamin:
"Actually, I'm the one who issued this mission, Mr. Di Realo. ”